welfare reform
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Voluntary Action Leicestershire “Helping people change their lives for the better”
Voluntary Action LeicesterShire
Changes to Welfare Reform
Heather Roythorne - Finch
February 2013
Voluntary Action Leicestershire “Helping people change their lives for the better”
Key Changes to Welfare
� The Welfare Reform Act became law in March 2012
� Range of changes in force April 2013
� Benefits Cap
� Council Tax Benefit
� Child Benefit
� Disability Living Allowance
� Employment Support Allowance
� Housing Benefit
� The ‘Bedroom Tax’
� Income Support
� Universal Credit
Background and Timeline
Voluntary Action Leicestershire “Helping people change their lives for the better”
� Un paid carers 9% of City Population or 30,965 people
� 32,447 City households include a person with a long term condition or
disability
� 48% of City homes are rented
� Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) claimants for City and County are
reducing month on month.
� JSA data available monthly in VAL E Briefing www.valonline.org.uk
Local intelligence
Voluntary Action Leicestershire “Helping people change their lives for the better”
National Thinking
• Cumulative Impact of the changes• Most vulnerable will be hardest hit• National Campaigns:
• Contact a Family: www.cafamily.org.uk• Family Action: www.family-action.org.uk • Child Poverty Action Group: www.cpag.org.uk
Voluntary Action Leicestershire “Helping people change their lives for the better”
Specific Contact Details
Heather Roythorne – Finch
Worklessness and Economic Growth Project
Lead
Policy Officer
Policy Team
0116 257 4986
� Voluntary Action LeicesterShire’s Helpline
Based at our City Centre Offices Monday - Thursday 9am - 7pm, Friday 9am - 5pm &
Contact: 0116 257 5050
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.valonline.org.uk
Voluntary Action Leicestershire “Helping people change their lives for the better”
Thank You
Voluntary Action LeicesterShire
working in the City and across the County to
“Help people change their lives for the better”
Voluntary Action Leicestershire “Helping people change their lives for the better”
Thank You
Voluntary Action LeicesterShire
working in the City and across the County to
“Help people change their lives for the better”